Though a sophisticated laser guidance system keeps the machines precisely aligned, the actual digging comes down to brute force.

In 1854 work at Borsippa was conducted under the direction of Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, with most of the actual digging done by his subordinates.

Nevertheless, Philpot helped with the sand dispersal, and later with the actual digging - at which point he was invited to take part in the escape.

Frankly, I preferred the icons to the actual digging, because for me the pleasures of gardening have always been as much about avoiding any job as doing it.

The main burden, all the actual digging and digging and digging, could only fall upon her.

It was those very decent little chaps the moles who did the actual digging.

"Doing the actual digging is very attractive to the public, but it has to be done in an orderly, planned way."

"I had a couple of men come up from Bishop with heavy equipment to do the actual digging," said Havemeyer.

Step by step he goes through the process of establishing the small world, from the lengthy period of sitting and thinking through the actual digging, uprooting and planting.

Most of the energy contained in the propellant (5 to 100 thousand hp) was spent on the actual digging, while the device lowered itself deeper into the well under its own weight.